Pilot Project Program

The NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health’s (CSAAH) Investigator Development Core, co-led by Lorna Thorpe, PhD, and Andrea Troxel, ScD, aims to increase the number of junior investigators conducting Asian American health and health disparities research and expand their capacity to improve health equity in Asian American communities through rigorous, community-engaged transdisciplinary research. The CSAAH’s Pilot Project Program is committed to allocating $150,000 per year to support postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty and early career investigators at NYU School of Medicine for pilot research. Funding is intended to lead to larger scale research applications.

Through funding pilot projects, our Specific Aims are:

To establish and sustain a network of well-trained junior investigators with an emphasis on health disparity and minority communities;

To provide continuous mentorship and strong technical support to mentees in conducting their pilot projects and enhance their capacity to successfully compete for expanded funding nationally